ถลาง

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Thai

Etymology

Corrupted from สลาง, from Junk Ceylon, from Jang Si Lang by Ptolemy.[1]

Pronunciation

Orthographicถลาง
tʰ l ā ŋ
Phonemic
ถะ-หฺลาง
tʰ a – h ̥ l ā ŋ
RomanizationPaiboontà-lǎang
Royal Institutetha-lang
(standard) IPA(key)/tʰa˨˩.laːŋ˩˩˦/(R)

Proper noun

ถลาง (tà-lǎang)

  1. (historical) Synonym of ภูเก็ต (puu-gèt)
  2. Thalang (a district of Phuket province, Thailand)

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